Felddegen with pewter grip

Victrix · 5th January 2021, 06:27 PM

Congratulations on your felddegen! I especially like the ones with the running wolf and auspicious numbers on the blade. I haven’t seen many with a pewter grip like that and wonder if it was a replacement at some time (even contemporary)? Typically those grips are made of wood, and wrapped in wire or covered in leather with beautiful wire in the recesses. It may once have been covered by some skin or would have become slippery when wet. Most felddegen have thumb rings as well on one side as these were mainly cutting/hewing swords. By the 1600s the running wolf is typically the sign of Solingen. I read somewhere that blade inscriptions enclosed by crosses would be connected to ecclestial estates. There were a number of German ecclestial states and cities etc in the 17thC. I see no man swinging a hammer, and could be mistaken, but it looks to me like “F 53” which could be some sort of rack or armoury number? It would be nice to see the whole blade with inscriptions.

5th January 2021, 06:27 PM	#2
Victrix Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Sweden Posts: 755	Congratulations on your felddegen! I especially like the ones with the running wolf and auspicious numbers on the blade. I haven’t seen many with a pewter grip like that and wonder if it was a replacement at some time (even contemporary)? Typically those grips are made of wood, and wrapped in wire or covered in leather with beautiful wire in the recesses. It may once have been covered by some skin or would have become slippery when wet. Most felddegen have thumb rings as well on one side as these were mainly cutting/hewing swords. By the 1600s the running wolf is typically the sign of Solingen. I read somewhere that blade inscriptions enclosed by crosses would be connected to ecclestial estates. There were a number of German ecclestial states and cities etc in the 17thC. I see no man swinging a hammer, and could be mistaken, but it looks to me like “F 53” which could be some sort of rack or armoury number? It would be nice to see the whole blade with inscriptions.